Mail-box support



Aug. 19, 1924.

H. SKREBERG MAIL 'BOX SUPPORT Filed Dec. 1, 1922 l l I Cla Patented Aug. 19, 1924;

MAIL-BOX SUPPORT.

Application filed December l, 1922. Serial No. 664,386.

To all whom 5' may concer/a:

Be it known that I, HANS Sniinnno, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Big Ben Township, in the county of Chippewa and State of Minnesota, whose post-office address is Milan, Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement iu Mail-Box Supports, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements 'in mail box supports.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple, neat and eflicient means whereby rural mail boxes in particular can be properly secured to any suitable post.

It is a well known fact that rural mail boxes should be placed conveniently along the routes served by carriers. Further it is readily understood that placing the box on top of or close to the post requires that carrier drive close to post in order to reach the mail box.

I provide a bracket that makes mail box hang out away from post and further I provide a bracket that will swing to right or left and return to its normal position.

A preferred and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved mail box support.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the construo tion shown in Figure 1. n

Figure 3 is a side elevati-on of a modification.

Figure A is a detail cross sectional view taken on the line 41-4 of Figure 2.

Similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several ligures of the drawing.

In carrying the present invention into eiiect, it is proposed to provide an improvement in the general type of mail box support shown in my former Patent No. 928,075, dated July 13, 1909. In the present case, however, it is proposed to provide lan attaching bracket A and a box carrier B which are pivotally connected in the man ner of a hinge, the pintle C of the hinge being maintained in inclined position whereby the box carrier willl tend to return to its normal position by gravity. Heretofore, it has been the practice for the box support or carrier to remain in a deflected position, but according to the present construction,

the box will always return to its normal straight out position.

The attaching bracket A may be secured in any suitable manner to the post 1 which may be of wood, steel or the like, and the body of the box carrier B preferably consists of the angular arm members 2 and 3, the short arms of which are preferably arranged in a vertical position and held together by means of the oppositely disposed U-shaped clamps 7 and 8 which include the compression bolts 9 and 10. The said oppositely disposed U-sliaped clamps respectively engage opposite sides of the inclined rod 6 which constitutes the pintle member C previously referred to, and according to the illustration in Figure 1 the opposite ends of the said pivot rod 6 engage in the upper and lower eye members 4 and 5 respectively of the attaching bracket A. It will also be observed from Figure 1 that the lower U- shaped clamp 8 rests upon the lower eye 5 of the attaching bracket.

Adjacent the angle in the arms 2 and 3, at the upper side thereof, there is provided an eye member 13 which is adapted to engage over the upper end of the rod 6 which projects above the eye 4. This eye member 13 may be secured to the arms by means of the fastening 14E.

The forwardly extending horizontal portions of the arms 2 and 3 may be secured together in any suitable manner, and as shown more plainly in Figure 2 the` outer ends thereof may be bent in opposite directions to permit of the angle iron 16 being secured thereto, thereby providing a transverse support for the platform or shelf member 15 on which the mail box rests. Also the rear end of the platform 17 may be further secured to the horizontal portion of the arms 2 and 3 through the medium of the bolts 17.

,It will, of course, be understood that the Inail box or other receptacle may be suitably secured in any well known manner to the platform 15 which affords an adequate point of support therefor.

A modification of the invention is shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, wherein the attaching bracket A and the pintle member C are made in Ione piece, while the box carrier B may retain the same structural features and characteristics as shown in Figure 1. In this form of embodiment the attaching bracket A may be provided with -llO the post attaching bolt portions 2l which are continuations -of the horizontal portions of the member which forms the inclined pivot rod (5fl which constitutes the pintle C previously referred to.

In the construction yof Figure l the clamp `8 ispreferably rigidly clamped to the rod 6 so as to furnish a support' for the same on the lower eye 5. However, if desired the upper end ef the'rod 6 may be provided with a Cotter pin 18 as shown to safeguard against looseness of the clamp.

Frein the foregoing, it will be apparent that in either form of my invention I provide an inclined pintle `which functions to lpermit the box carrier to seek its normal position. ,y litheut further description it is thought that the features and advantages of the in Vention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will, of course, be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, With-out departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended ola-im.

I cla-im:

A receptacle support of the class described, including a post, a bracket carried -by the post and having an inclined pintle member, a box carrier mounted on said inclined pin tle, said box carrier comprising angle bars having the ends of their horizontalarin portions 'turned outwardly, an angle member secured to the out-turned ends Iof said angle bars, a platform secured to the angle inember and angle bars, and means carried by the Vertical arms of said angleI bars for engaging the inclined pintle.

HANS SKREBERG. 

